Thursday, December 24, 2015

Aisha Buhari's Lavish Party Obscene, Callous And Wicked – The THIRD Force

Press Release

*Aisha Buhari

“The THIRD
Force considers it morally repugnant and a slight on the sensibilities of
Nigerians that at a time when over 2,000 Nigerian lives have been reportedly
wasted and unaccounted for in the Zaria Shia massacre; at a time when Nigerians
are confronted with severe economic hardship, fuel scarcity and Nigeria’s worst
ever crash of the Naira against the dollar; at a time when Nigerians are
groaning under the yoke of what may be the worst Christmas celebration ever; at
a time when the scourge of Boko Haram attacks have overwhelmed the capacity of
our military to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria Aisha Buhari, the
wife of the Nigerian president is throwing a lavish party that was not only
obscene in its opulence, but callous, wicked and insensitive to the plight of
millions of deprived Nigerians who are bearing the brunt of this government’s
record cluelessness, lack of direction and phantasmagoric policies.

*Mrs. Buhari arrives for the dinner party (informationvilla)

“What exactly are we celebrating? Has President Buhari’s government
achieved so much that a party of rice, pounded yam, fruit juices and malt
drinks organized for starving youths of the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC) party is the priority of the moment? What happened to the IDP camps with
millions of displaced Nigerian citizens who have been reduced to beggars by a
government that failed them?

“Under Buhari, Nigeria’s economy has suffered
terrible blows. Nigeria appears directionless; the right of citizens to free
speech is being threatened; our stock market is crashing; citizens are being
killed and their rights violated by the same authorities that swore to protect
them; our president is globetrotting like foreign trips are running out of
fashion; we wake up every day in a Nigeria where election promises are being
denied by the ruling party and return home to food left over by the movers and
shakers of the country. Yet here we are, organizing a party to immortalize the
folly. What disdain!

*A glimpse of the party

“If the organizers of Aisha Buhari’s Aso Rock banquet were too
impervious to the mood of the nation, one would have expected the invited
youths to be more self-respecting. If after campaigning and being used for
President Buhari’s presidential campaign, the value of their contributions is
being reduced to plates of rice and bottles of malt drinks, it simply means
that Nigerian youths have a seat only at Aisha Buhari’s dinner table. Shame.

“In Sweden,
Johan Gabriel Wikström was appointed Minister of Health in 2014 at the age of
29. Moussa Mara became the Prime Minister of Mali in 2014 at the age of 29.
Charles Michel is the Prime Minister of Belgium. He assumed office on October
11, 2014 at the age of 39. IrakliGaribashvili was appointed Georgian Minister
of Internal Affairs in 2012 at the age of 30. InNigeria, youths
are used, dumped after elections and later invited for banquets where they are
encouraged to eat and forget their sorrows. Nigerian youths arise! You cannot
continue like this.

“In the history of Nigeria,
it is on record that no government has insulted and treated Nigerian youths
with such disdain like Buhari’s government within the last nine months of
assumption of office as a civilian president. As if that is not bad enough, his
government and their cheerleaders, continue to mock the sensibilities of
Nigerians youths by running frivolous tweets and social media commentary in
defense of Buhari’s government. Wake up. You are being used, and for what?
Plates of rice and a bottle of Maltina!

“Clearly, Aisha Buhari’s charade with ‘change youths’ on Tuesday in
Aso Rock is nothing but a fanciful parade of dull vanities. At its best, it was
simply another platform for the flagrant wastage of Nigeria’s meager resources and an
opportunity to tell Nigerian youths how cheap, irresponsible, and unprepared
for leadership they are.”